Of course, none of the antis will tell us this. They're counting on the term "crime gun" evoking an emotional response, one that will make their relentless demands for universal controls and registration seem appealing to a critical mass of those who don't know any better. And the thing is, they have a great advantage, with the bully pulpits their positions afford them, with their resources and access, and with a media that largely supports their agenda with what amounts to millions of dollars in free publicity.[More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column highlights how difficult it can be to get a simple truth heard when it doesn't support the agenda of powerful interests with louder voices.
Also see what's currently being headlined over at WorldNetDaily, find out how some Connecticut gun owners are voting, and stand your ground with me later today on Trigger Sports LIVE!
Share the link? You know, to help reach more eyes because people sure won't get this stuff from any mainstream "Authorized Journalists"...?
It occurs to me that when cities (or church groups, or "gun violence" prevention groups, etc.) hold gun "buy backs," there is often notice given that guns submitted will be checked for links to any crimes. How is that check performed? How much you wanna bet that these guns are all submitted for tracing, and thus become, in the gun-haters' little minds, "crime guns"?
ReplyDeleteThat might explain why the cud munchers are so fond of gun "buy backs," despite their demonstrated lack of efficacy as a violence reduction measure.
Good insight. Very good. I think "Are 'buybacks' exploited to pad 'crime gun' statistics?" would make a fine column subject, and look forward to sharing the link once you get it posted...:)
ReplyDeleteThanks, David (and thanks for the title, too): here it is.
ReplyDeleteOne of my eternal gripes is that guns confiscated from noncriminals because they don't have a PERMIT are considered "crime guns." It's a two-fer for not obeying NRA-approved "existing laws."
ReplyDeleteYou nailed it, Defender. The "enforce existing gun laws" crowd approves--has to approve--of calling a defensive handgun carried without a government-issued permission slip (in the vast majority of the country that requires such an abomination), or a so-called "assault weapon" owned in a jurisdiction that bans them, etc., a "crime gun."
ReplyDeleteWith "friends" like these . . .